Oldboy (-) Every week I comb the movie pages looking for a film that sounds interesting or one in which a quirky actor like Johnny Depp is starring. Recently, I have had little success in finding one.

I decided to see the Korean film Oldboy which received several good reviews. Roger Ebert gave it four stars and wrote, Oldboy is a powerful film not because of what it depicts, but because of the depths of the human heart which it strips bare. My reviews are accompanied by a plus or minus sign indicating whether or not I think you should see a film. This flick deserves far less than a minus.

When I asked three people at various intervals who were leaving the earlier show what they thought of the movie, they all said it was disturbing. Their body language clearly conveyed that they did not enjoy it. I believe they were much too kind. I found it to be disgusting.

The story is unfathomable. I saw the film with HG a former detective who grasped most elements of the story. HS understood far less, and I very little. The script is consumed with rage, retaliation and revenge. It includes two incestuous relationships, kidnapping, false imprisonment for 15 years, and self-mutilation. During one scene, I felt as though I were going to be sick. I covered by face with my jacket to avoid watching what was taking place. The last time I did that I was about 8-years-old when I went to see Boris Karloff in Frankenstein. Even then I peaked through my fingers to see a little of the action, but not so in this film.

The critics who gave this film a favorable review should have their heads examined along with everyone connected with this insulting drivel.